Arrests made after Rio robbery

Monday, 28 February 2011

Police in Las Vegas have arrested two men in connection with an armed robbery at a Las Vegas casino last week. A gunman, wearing a fake moustache, stole $33,000 worth of poker chips from a Pai Gow table at the Rio at 4am on Thursday.

45-year-old Steven Gao is alleged to have grabbed the chips before fleeing the scene in a taxi driven by 61-year-old Hiroyuki Yamaguchi. According to police, Gao then went to another casino where he is believed to have met Edward Land and paid off a gambling debt. Yamaguchi and Land are in police custody but Gao is still at large.

The raid at the Rio comes months after a similar robbery at the Bellagio which saw a thief make off with $1.5m in chips. Police moved quickly and arrested Anthony Corleo who appeared in court last week. Some excellent detective work from a poster on TwoPlusTwo.com proved extremely useful in tracking down the alleged robber. Read the amazing thread here.

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Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.

“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”